517 W 159 St

Walls, floors and stairsApt 42 class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 42 class B · HPD violation

Doors and windowsApt 42 class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 42 class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 42 class B · HPD violation

Doors and windowsApt 42 class B · HPD violation

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Walls, floors and stairsApt 34 class B · closed · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 32 class A · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 32 class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 32 class A · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 32 class B · HPD violation

Doors and windowsApt 34 class A · closed · HPD violation

Doors and windowsApt 41 class B · closed · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 41 class B · closed · HPD violation

Doors and windowsApt 41 class B · closed · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 41 class B · closed · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed · HPD violation

2016 Jun

General construction permit

Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingfoundNo active shed permit
Landmark statusno recordNot in a historic district on record

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 21 complaints, 2024–2026 · 6 in the past year

What has happened here

2026 Oct

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BE-EXT-LP Boiler DOB violation

Heat or hot waterApt 34 class B · closed · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 5F complaint

2023 Nov

Boiler permit, Fuel burning permit

2018 Mar

2014 Feb

Boiler permit, Fuel burning permit

1997 Oct

Fuel burning permit, Boiler permit

Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Weil Mclain 688), registration expired since Apr 2020

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-20 · See this building's boiler registrations on NYC Open Data →

Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection Mar 2026, defects reported: yes

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-19 · See the boiler filings at DOB →

What this counts

Accepted annual boiler inspection filings, any date

Boiler work permits

Latest boiler work permit 2018 (7 on record)

DOB Permit Issuance (BIS), as of 2026-10-19

What this counts

DOB boiler permits (BIS and DOB NOW); a permit dates work, not the boiler's age

Heat and hot water complaints

5 heat or hot water complaints

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-20 · See the complaints at HPD Online →

What this counts

HPD complaints, heat season 2025–26 (Oct 1–May 31)

Water and pipes

Issues on record · 7 complaints, 2024–2026 · 3 in the past year

Water service line

Non-Lead (records)

Lead Service Line Location Coordinates, as of 2026-01-30

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 2 complaints, 2024–2026 · 1 in the past year

What has happened here

PestsApt 23 complaint

PestsApt 42 class C · HPD violation

PestsApt 24 complaint

PestsApt 32 class B · closed · HPD violation

PestsApt 32 class C · closed · HPD violation

PestsApt 32 class C · closed · HPD violation

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PestsApt 32 complaint

MoldApt 41 class A · closed · HPD violation

Fire and safety

3 resolved since 2024

What has happened here

Fire safetyApt 32 class C · closed · HPD violation

Fire safety class C · closed · HPD violation

Fire safety class B · closed · HPD violation

Electrical

Issues on record · 3 complaints, 2025–2026 · 2 in the past year

What has happened here

ElectricalApt 23 complaint

ElectricalApt 42 class B · HPD violation

ElectricalApt 42 complaint

2025 Jul

ElectricalApt 32 complaint

ElectricalApt 24 complaint

Flooding

No issues on record

FEMA flood zone

Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-20

What this counts

Effective FIRM zones touching the building footprint

Stormwater flooding

Extreme storm, 2080 sea levels: Not in mapped flooding; Moderate storm, 2050 sea levels: Not in mapped flooding; Moderate storm, today's sea levels: Not in mapped flooding; Limited storm, today's sea levels: Not loaded (file format unreadable)

NYC Stormwater Flood Maps, as of 2024-07-03

What this counts

Mapped ponding touching the building footprint

BasementWhole tax lot

Below grade

PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24

Rent and tenancy

On the state list

Rent stabilization

On the state's list of buildings with at least one rent-stabilized apartment (2024 registrations)

Rent Stabilized Building Lists (2024 HCR registrations), as of 2025-11-30

What this counts

The list doesn't say which apartments are stabilized, and being listed isn't proof of current status. For a specific apartment, request its rent history from HCR

Gas

What has happened here

GasApt 34 class B · closed · HPD violation

Gas pipingno recordNo open gas piping filing violations. Inspection results themselves are not published

General condition and all records

HPD violations

84 open: 84 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (31), leaks (8), mold (8), smoke or CO detectors (8); 8 immediately hazardous (class C). Also 2 older records from 2011 never closed. 25 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 360 violations on record in all, 2006–2026 — the 115 most recent are listed here

Other conditions class A · closed

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 32 class B · closed

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 32 class B · closed

ElectricalApt 42 class B

LeaksApt 42 class B

PestsApt 42 class C

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 42 class B

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Smoke or CO detectorsApt 42 class B

Doors and windowsApt 42 class B

PlumbingApt 42 class B

Other conditionsApt 42 class A

LeaksApt 42 class B

Other conditionsApt 42 class B

Doors and windowsApt 42 class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 34 class B · closed

GasApt 34 class B · closed

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 32 class B

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 32 class B

Other conditionsApt 32 class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 32 class A

Walls, floors and stairsApt 32 class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 32 class A

Walls, floors and stairsApt 32 class B

PlumbingApt 32 class B

PlumbingApt 32 class B

Other conditionsApt 32 class B

Fire safetyApt 32 class C · closed

Doors and windowsApt 34 class A · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 34 class B · closed

PlumbingApt 34 class B · closed

LeaksApt 42 class B · closed

Fire safety class C · closed

PestsApt 32 class B · closed

PestsApt 32 class C · closed

PestsApt 32 class C · closed

Doors and windowsApt 41 class B · closed

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 41 class B · closed

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 41 class B · closed

PlumbingApt 41 class B · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 41 class B · closed

Doors and windowsApt 41 class B · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 41 class B · closed

MoldApt 41 class A · closed

Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed

Fire safety class B · closed

Other conditionsApt 21 class A · closed

and 36 more at the source

Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-19 · Read these violations in full at HPD Online →

What this counts

Open HPD violations inspected in the last 10 years; class C = immediately hazardous. Paperwork = failure to file, notify or certify

DOB violations

1 open: 1 about filings or paperwork

BE-EXT-LP Boiler

DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-19 · Read these violations in full at DOB →

What this counts

Open DOB, ECB and DOB NOW Safety violations, any date, one per violation. ECB class 1 = hazardous, class 2 = major

Resident complaints to the city

21 heat or hot water, 11 plumbing, 9 appliances, 7 paint or plaster, 5 doors or windows, 4 floors or stairs, 4 general repairs, 3 electrical, 2 leaks, 2 pests

2026 Oct

Electrical, pestsApt 23

Appliances, doors or windows, floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plaster, plumbingApt 23

Electrical, general repairs, paint or plaster, plumbing, leaksApt 42

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2025 Oct

General repairs, paint or plaster, plumbingApt 42

Appliances, doors or windows, floors or stairs, paint or plaster, plumbingApt 34

2025 Jul

Electrical, paint or plaster, leaksApt 32

Appliances, doors or windows, floors or stairs, plumbingApt 34

2025 May

Appliances, doors or windows, floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 34

Heat or hot waterApt 5F

PestsApt 24

General repairs, paint or plaster, plumbingApt 42

Appliances, floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plaster, pestsApt 32

General repairsApt 41

Floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 41

Doors or windows, floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plaster, moldApt 41

Floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plaster, plumbingApt 41

2024 Feb

Doors or windows, floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plaster, plumbingApt 41

Electrical, floors or stairs, safety, leaksApt 24

Plumbing permit, Boiler permit, Fuel burning permit

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-20 · See the complaints at HPD Online →

What this counts

HPD complaints received in the last 2 years; the list below is every complaint on record for the last three years

Permit history

12 permits since 1990

2018 Mar

2016 Jun

General construction permit, Plumbing permit

2014 Feb

Plumbing permit, Boiler permit, Fuel burning permit

1997 Oct

Fuel burning permit, Boiler permit

and 8 more at the source

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-19 · See every permit at DOB →

What this counts

DOB permits issued (DOB NOW and legacy BIS), one per job and work type; excludes sheds

Everything else on record

Appliances, doors or windows, floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plasterApt 23 complaint

2026 Apr

AppliancesApt 32 complaint

2026 Mar

AppliancesApt 32 complaint

Other conditions class A · closed · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 32 class B · closed · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 32 class B · closed · HPD violation

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Smoke or CO detectorsApt 42 class B · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 42 class B · HPD violation

Other conditionsApt 42 class A · HPD violation

Other conditionsApt 42 class B · HPD violation

General repairs, paint or plasterApt 42 complaint

2025 Oct

General repairs, paint or plasterApt 42 complaint

Appliances, doors or windows, floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 34 complaint

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 32 class B · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 32 class B · HPD violation

Other conditionsApt 32 class B · HPD violation

Other conditionsApt 32 class B · HPD violation

2025 Jul

Paint or plasterApt 32 complaint

Appliances, doors or windows, floors or stairsApt 34 complaint

2025 May

Appliances, doors or windows, floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 34 complaint

General repairs, paint or plasterApt 42 complaint

Appliances, floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plasterApt 32 complaint

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 41 class B · closed · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 41 class B · closed · HPD violation

General repairsApt 41 complaint

Floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 41 complaint

Doors or windows, floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plasterApt 41 complaint

Other conditionsApt 21 class A · closed · HPD violation

2024 Mar

Floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plasterApt 41 complaint

2024 Feb

Doors or windows, floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plasterApt 41 complaint